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I live in Edinburgh in Scotland, I enjoy taking wildlife photos mainly birds. I am now on my 7th year which highlights my daily interaction with a young Heron at a nearby loch.
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#2,429
Day 2,429
Young Grey Heron
A very easy day today with no real disturbances! The young Heron flew up on me from behind this morning. Had all her fish and headed...
#2,449
Day 2,449
Young Grey Heron
The young Heron met me this morning at the entrance. She was a bit messy around her head, presumably from feeding the young. When I w...
#2,475
Day 2,475
Grey Heron
The young one flew over to the edge of the loch today within the fence. She was not very hungry (both morning and afternoon) but is eating...
#2,535
Day 2,535
Young Grey Heron
The young one met me at the gate this morning. She had quite a bit of her whitebait then spotted a woman coming into the park with a...
#2,538
Day 2,538
Young Grey Heron
The older female was around first thing this morning but no sign of the young one. I walked round to the clearing and was pleasantly...
#2,540
Day 2,540
Young Grey Heron
The older female heron was waiting for me this morning at the edge of the loch. I started feeding her and was aware of another heron...
#2,542
Day 2,542
Young grey Heron
The young one was walking towards me, near the entrance, this morning. The older female flew over to a tree and made sure it was safe...
#2,553
Day 2,553
Young Grey Heron
I went up to the loch with MrsD this morning. The young one flew over to the edge of the loch and had a feed on sardines and pollock....
#2,192
Day 2,192
Young grey Heron
#2,203
Day 2,203
The Young Heron
Relatively trouble free this morning. No Swans or Geese. Just the magpie who made off with a bit of fish! #theme-mono
#2,215
Day 2,215
Rat
The lochside is probably full of them. More recently I regularly see them coming onto the pathway to feed on anything that has been dropped or not...
#2,236
Day 2,236
Isle of May
#2,246
Day 2,246
Guillemot
Still a few around. I saw some around Kinghorn when we were there last week. Sadly I saw 3 dead ones washed up on the shore there. I believe...
#2,255
Day 2,255
Water colour
A flipped reflection #theme-golden
#2,338
Day 2,338
Young Grey Heron
Happy New year! I could not see the young Heron today and was about to leave when I spotted her next to the fence round the loch. She...
#2,358
Day 2,358
Young Grey Heron
The young Heron was waiting for me on the grass this morning. She came right over and I started to feed her. There was a lot of decay...
#2,402
Day 2,402
Young Grey Heron
Again the young heron was nowhere to be seen when I went to the loch this morning. The male was there and I stopped to take a shot of...
#2,424
Day 2,424
Young Grey Heron
I was a bit late getting to the loch today and thought I saw the young heron flying to the nest. On looking closer, it looked more li...
#2,456
Day 2,456
Young Grey Heron (and the Crow)
The young Heron was waiting on the dovecote this morning. There was a group of men leaving the park and I wasn't sure...
#2,465
Day 2,465
Young Grey heron
The young one stayed in the water today. She has been having trouble with the fish getting covered in grass cuttings so I think she h...
#2,470
Day 2,470
Young Grey Heron
The young heron was more her self today. She flew over from the water this morning to the grass. She ate most of her pollock before f...
#2,486
Day 2,486
Grey Heron
This morning the young Heron flew over to the grass and got her full share of the whitebait. She flew off back to the loch when she was fin...
#2,533
Day 2,533
Young grey heron and older female
When I went to the loch this morning it was only the older female and the male who were around. They both flew over...
#2,546
Day 2,546
Young Grey Heron
There was no sign of the young one this morning. The rest of the gang were there and got a share of the sardines I had taken. I kept...